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The Farming of Bones
The Farming of Bones
Author: Edwidge Danticat
In 1937, Rafael Trujillo, President of the Dominican Republic, decided to rid his country of the many Haitians who worked in the cane fields. The characters here are fiction but the story is not. Amabell Desirt is a young Haitian orphaned at age eight and rescued by a Dominican family where she later becomes a maid. She is in love with a cane ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781569471265
ISBN-10: 1569471266
Publication Date: 9/1998
Pages: 312
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3.9 stars, based on 13 ratings
Publisher: Soho Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette
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This book was a beautiful and tragic story. The imagery of the island of Hispanola and the historical context add to the richness of the story.
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"This short novel was a real eye opener for me, before I picked it up I'd never heard about the government ordered massacre of approx. 30,000 Haitians in the Dominican Republic in 1937. Danticat is truly a gifted writer. The story, told by an orphaned Haitian servant is as lyrical as it is tragic and is definitely worth picking up. " This is an Amazon reviewer's review that mirrors mine.


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